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ABC's airing of an inaccurate 9-11 "docudrama" has ignited public outrage, but the problem of political manipulation will remain unless more people act now to stop media giants from become even more powerful.

The FCC is poised to give companies like Disney even more control over our airwaves. The public needs to speak up now to tell the FCC to stop conglomerates like Disney from gobbling up more local media and setting the agenda. Now's your chance to tell Disney and the FCC that Big Media is big enough.

Note: Information filed on this form will be publicly available, as FCC comments are considered a matter of public record. The FCC does not accept comments from outside the United States. Comments are due December 21.

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I am writing to express my strong disapproval of any relaxation or elimination of the public interest limits on media ownership. Localism and diversity are the cornerstones of a democratic media system, and we cannot afford to compromise them in any way. Few could doubt the obvious truth that media ownership matters and determines the content we receive over the public airwaves. We need look no further than the recent scandal over ABC's "docudrama" about the 9/11 attacks, in which the Walt Disney Company willfully distorts the history of a national tragedy for political gain. We need local broadcast station owners who will serve the local public interest not those of faraway corporate owners. Stewardship of the public airwaves is a very serious responsibility that merits true public accountability. Limits on media consolidation have been a bulwark against the concentration of economic power in the marketplace of ideas -- a critical part of balancing the public service mission of the media with their private profit motive. Our democracy requires the free flow of information from a broad range of diverse voices. Media consolidation has already led to declines in local and minority ownership as well as the homogenization of content in radio and television. Permitting cross-ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations, or allowing further concentration in local television markets, will only worsen the problems we already have. When the FCC attempted to weaken and remove media ownership limits in 2003, millions of Americans rose up in protest. Congress and the courts ultimately intervened to turn back that misguided regulatory process. Now that these same rules are being reconsidered, the FCC should stand firm with the public against further concentration of media ownership in the hands of the few. A vote against media consolidation is a vote for democracy.

You are filing a comment on proceeding FP-001 (Media Ownership). More information from the FCC on this issue can be found at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-266034A1.pdf.

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